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7 Generic Information
The importance of Numeracy is not recognised by many students (see The Keynote Project External Audit). The application of Numeracy to subject specific skills is not fully understood by the students who do not feel confident in Numeracy.
Numeracy must be seen in context with subject specific skills to be of relevance to students and the value placed on it by employers must be emphasized (see Numeracy for Students on Retail Placements).
It is important to assess students' Numeracy skills as not all students will need remedial help. It would then be possible for more able students to 'contract out' of additional mathematics tutoring. However, it does mean that students who are perceived as requiring help acknowledge or 'admit' that they need extra support (see Learning support for Non-Mathematicians).
If extra help is required, it should start at fundamentals to build confidence and work up to problems that are more complex. It should always apply to the subject area (see Consultancy Project).
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